Horse in Display Window, No. 2 (Caballo en aparador, segunda)
Place
Mexico (Artist's nationality:)
Date
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Inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "Muelvarez Bravo"; verso unchecked
Dimensions
19.1 × 18.7 cm (7 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number
1988.157.10
Extended information about this artwork
Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 33, cat. 25.
Kismaric, Susan. 1997. “Manuel Alvarez Bravo.” Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art/Harry N. Abrams. p. 69, pl. 27.
Sire, Agnes and William Ewing. 2004. “Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photographs; Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans.” Steidl. p. 70
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, “Manuel Alvarez-Bravo,” February 19–May 18, 1997.
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, “Sol y Vida: Mexican Modern Art: 1900–1950,” February 23–May 17, 2000; traveled to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, November 3, 1999–February 6, 2000.
Paris, France, Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, “Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photography: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans and Manuel Alvarez-Bravo,” September 7–December 22, 2004; traveled to Switzerland, Musee de L’Elysee, February 10–April 10, 2005.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Max Kozloff: Critic and Photographer,” October 5, 2013–January 5, 2014. (Michal Raz-Russo)
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